- In
- the
- tradition
- of
- Copper
- Sun
- and
- Chains,
- this
- is
- the
- stirring
- tale
- of
- a
- girl’s
- journey
- from
- Africa
- to
- freedom
- and
- from
- youth
- to
- womanhood,
- as
- recounted
- in
- this
- dazzling
- debut
- novel.Ayanna
- Bahati
- lives
- in
- a
- small
- African
- village
- when
- she
- is
- brutally
- kidnapped,
- along
- with
- her
- brother,
- and
- forced
- onto
- a
- slave
- ship
- to
- America.
- As
- Ayanna,
- renamed
- Anna,
- rises
- from
- the
- cotton
- fields
- to
- the
- master’s
- house,
- she
- finds
- the
- familial
- love
- she’s
- been
- yearning
- for
- in
- elderly
- Mary
- and
- Mary’s
- son
- Daniel—but
- she
- is
- also
- faced
- with
- more
- threats
- to
- her
- survival.Risking
- everything
- to
- escape
- the
- plantation,
- Anna
- manages
- to
- make
- it
- north
- and
- to
- freedom,
- eventually
- settling
- in
- the
- free
- black
- community
- of
- Hudson,
- Ohio,
- and
- educating
- herself
- to
- become
- a teacher.
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